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NuGet 7.8 Release Notes

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7.8.0 Visual Studio 2026 version 18.8.0 N/A

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Visual Studio-only release. NuGet SDK packages are published quarterly with .NET.

Summary: What's New in 7.8.0

  • Attribute TargetFramework errors to the offending project - #12470

Breaking changes

  • NuGet nearest-TFM behavior for Windows TFM should take into account revision for CsWinRT 3.0 multi-targeting - #14859

  • Plugin ServiceIndex is tied to Newtonsoft.Json (JObject), blocking STJ migration - #14913

  • Plugin Message.Payload is tied to Newtonsoft.Json (JObject), blocking STJ migration - #14901

Issues fixed in this release

  • Visual Studio crashes with ArgumentOutOfRangeException in Package Manager UI search/refresh - #14914

  • Spurious NU1601 warning when framework aliases of the same framework have different versions of the same package - #14877

  • C++/CLI PackageReference project fails when referencing a C++ PackageReference project - #14876

  • When accidentally specifying multiple TFMs in <TargetFramework>, InvalidOperationException is thrown - #14605

  • "Sequence contains no matching element" when using a bad TF - #13772

  • Perf: ContentFileUtils should cache/reuse virtual file instances - #12696

  • [Bug]: invalid $(Version) causes poor MSBuild error message - #11230

  • Migrate RepositorySignatureResource deserialization to System.Text.Json - #14887

  • Migrate ServiceIndexResource deserialization to System.Text.Json - #14886

  • Add System.Text.Json equivalent of SafeUriConverter - #14885

  • Add System.Text.Json equivalent of SafeBoolConverter - #14884

  • Add System.Text.Json equivalent of MetadataFieldConverter - #14883

  • Add System.Text.Json equivalent of NuGetVersionConverter - #14881

  • Add System.Text.Json equivalent of NuGetFrameworkConverter - #14880

List of commits in this release

Community contributions

Thank you to all the contributors who helped make this NuGet release awesome!

  • nijulia
    • 7408 Update DartLab1ES pipelines to reference templates in DartLab instead of DartLab.Templates
  • omajid
    • 7020 Re-enable support for deterministic pack
  • sbomer
    • 7229 Add NU1703 warning for packages using deprecated MonoAndroid framework
  • manodasanW
    • 7287 Update TFM version compatibility behavior to correctly handle CsWinRT 3.0 .1 TFMs
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